[0:00] hey guys the black CR guy and welcome to
[0:02] the first video for romance month I'm so
[0:05] freaking excited to get this month
[0:07] started and what better way to Kickstart
[0:09] romance month than by doing a top 10
[0:11] list that many of you have requested me
[0:13] to do and that is a list of the top 10
[0:16] cliches in romance anime now before we
[0:19] begin this list I want to share with you
[0:20] guys a little background information
[0:22] about myself especially if you're new to
[0:24] my channel and that's the fact that I'm
[0:25] a huge huge super mega Uber fan of the
[0:30] romance genre of anime particularly
[0:32] romantic comedy animes I eat that [ __ ]
[0:36] up guys and I enjoy it more than any
[0:38] other genre of anime so as I'm doing
[0:41] this list I want you to keep in mind
[0:43] that this is coming from somebody that
[0:44] considers himself a devout fan of this
[0:47] genre because I'm not going to deny that
[0:49] as much as I love this genre it is just
[0:51] chalk full of so many similar motifs
[0:55] similar characters similar setups
[0:57] similar situations that you see
[0:59] repeatedly over the course of many years
[1:01] that we have come to consider cliches
[1:04] and now I get to count the top 10 that I
[1:06] have noticed over the years when
[1:08] watching romance animes kickstarting our
[1:10] list in a very sexy way at number 10 is
[1:13] Beach or pool episodes in almost any
[1:16] given romance anime the main characters
[1:19] always partake in an obligatory trip to
[1:21] either a beach or a pool and most of the
[1:24] time it doesn't really connect to the
[1:25] main story its main purpose is to serve
[1:27] as fan service for the audience the show
[1:30] Girls and skimpy outfits splashing each
[1:32] other and messing around with the main
[1:34] characters and all and them just having
[1:36] fun mostly being the center of attention
[1:38] at number nine is the average nice kind
[1:41] of geeky and completely oblivious male
[1:44] leads in almost every single romance
[1:47] anime that I have seen the male lead
[1:50] always turns out to be this really nice
[1:52] guy who doesn't really have anything
[1:54] special going on with him he's a bit
[1:56] geeky or a little socially awkward and
[1:58] completely obl oblivious to the female
[2:01] lead's feelings about him or any other
[2:03] female for that matter now I can name a
[2:06] bunch of romance animes that fall prey
[2:08] to this cliche but to name a few you got
[2:11] amagami SS dust man of Amnesia Love
[2:14] chibio and Other delusions F A Tale of
[2:17] Memories and finally one we friends and
[2:20] honestly although this is a major cliche
[2:22] in romance anime again I don't really
[2:25] have much of a problem with this I like
[2:27] nice guys in animes and I'm happy when
[2:29] they actually get to get with the girl
[2:31] so you know as much as it's a cliche
[2:34] still really enjoy the cliche no it's
[2:36] not what it looks like at number eight
[2:38] misunderstandings there comes a point in
[2:40] many romance animes where the main
[2:42] character gets caught in a predicament
[2:44] that leads to a misunderstanding that
[2:46] causes this whole drama to spy out of
[2:49] control and people are either mad or
[2:51] they overreact to the situation and
[2:53] coincidentally my number eight cliche
[2:55] ties in with my number seven cliche and
[2:57] that is trip plus fall falling down
[3:00] equals
[3:01] overreaction now you could use many
[3:03] different variables in this equation but
[3:05] the end result is always the same the
[3:08] main male character does something by
[3:11] accident ends up tripping or ends up
[3:13] doing something that pisses off the main
[3:15] female character thus she then
[3:17] overreacts to the situation kakam matu
[3:20] the creator of Love Hena and neima is a
[3:23] master at this technique utilizing it
[3:25] prevalently in his mangas and adaptation
[3:28] of his mangas where the the main male
[3:30] character just happens to trip and go w
[3:32] w and he lands on the girl like right on
[3:36] top of her and she being assum today
[3:38] just overreacts and like beats him up
[3:40] and he sends him flying or he'll
[3:42] accidentally walk into a room while the
[3:44] girls are changing just out of
[3:46] coincidence and then they would be like
[3:48] you perfect and they overreact sometimes
[3:51] when used properly it is very funny but
[3:54] most of the time it just comes off as
[3:56] really forced comedy number six Harms
[4:00] just wouldn't be a romantic comedy
[4:02] without them am I right animes that fall
[4:04] under the harm cliche once again can
[4:07] alamu delivers as most of his animes are
[4:10] centered around a herum is this a zombie
[4:12] this poster behind me also deals with a
[4:15] herum in fact even key is responsible
[4:17] for some of the most famous Herms in
[4:20] anime from Clan ad to shuffle they have
[4:22] Herms in them and honestly that's the
[4:24] most straightforward cliche on this list
[4:26] there's not much more to add most
[4:28] romantic comedy have Herms in it but
[4:31] tying in with my number six cliche we
[4:33] got my number five cliche and that's the
[4:36] fact that every girl wants the male lead
[4:39] in almost every romantic comedy that is
[4:42] centered around a herum every single
[4:45] member of the herum just has a thing for
[4:49] the main character and doesn't go for
[4:51] any other guys whatsoever this bothered
[4:53] me in the fact that you know there are
[4:55] other guys out there that are
[4:57] interesting you know if they actually
[4:59] spend spend the time to go outside or
[5:01] even develop another male character I
[5:03] don't like it when a romance anime
[5:06] focuses solely on one guy trying to get
[5:09] with all the girls I would actually like
[5:10] to see the girls have romances with
[5:13] other guys you know their own romance
[5:15] why it have to be with the main guy it
[5:17] just was so bothersome and extremely
[5:19] cliche they always go for the main guy
[5:23] I'm sure Japan has more guys than this
[5:26] Average Joe that's really nice I'm sure
[5:29] there's like a bad boy somewhere a
[5:31] really intellectual man a really
[5:33] sophisticated person come on ladies
[5:35] don't don't just go for the closest
[5:37] thing near you go go Spread Your Horizon
[5:40] go meet other people either that these
[5:42] girls are just horny as [ __ ] and we'll
[5:43] jump at any guy near them which kind of
[5:46] makes sense because most Herms take
[5:48] place in high school when you know
[5:50] you're dealing with all these new
[5:51] hormones and all that stuff so it makes
[5:54] sense but we can just do with less of
[5:57] them from time to time diversity that's
[5:59] what gets you ahead and once again tying
[6:02] into my number six and my number five
[6:04] cliche we got my number four cliche
[6:06] which is love triangles where there is a
[6:10] Herm anime and where there is an anime
[6:13] where most of the girls are infatuated
[6:15] with the main male lead there is going
[6:18] to be a plethora of love triangles
[6:22] guaranteed and honestly and I sound like
[6:24] a broken record here I don't really have
[6:26] a major problem with love triangles as
[6:28] long as they handled in a very
[6:30] interesting or very comedic way but in
[6:33] most romance animes the love triangle
[6:36] just comes off as this really forc
[6:38] melodrama that's thrown into the anime
[6:40] because we got to add more attention oh
[6:42] my God who's he going to choose oh
[6:44] they're fighting over him oh my God it's
[6:46] crazy stop that [ __ ] either make it
[6:49] interesting or make it funny otherwise
[6:51] don't bother putting a love triangle in
[6:53] the anime because it's just going to
[6:55] come off as really pointless and stupid
[6:57] and once again sounding very very
[6:59] repetitive like the cliches on this list
[7:02] my number four cliche also ties in with
[7:04] my number three cliche in fact my number
[7:06] three choice is the most unique cliche
[7:09] on this list but that doesn't change the
[7:11] fact that it's used so abundantly now
[7:14] that it's gotten to the point where it's
[7:15] just dull generic and really annoying to
[7:18] see and that is the whole flat chest
[7:22] versus big bust in almost every romantic
[7:26] comedy anime and sometimes in some
[7:28] Romance animes the main male character
[7:31] has to choose between the adultlike big
[7:34] breasted chick or the childlike
[7:37] flatchested chick who always turns out
[7:40] to be the Sund of the anime the biggest
[7:43] offender of this cliche that comes to
[7:45] mind is without a doubt Baka and Tess
[7:48] where it's shown prevalently throughout
[7:51] the entire Series where our main
[7:53] character akaha Yoshi will point out how
[7:55] heii has these big women likee breasts
[7:59] and and that Mami has these really small
[8:01] little girl type breast and it was funny
[8:04] now and again but it just got really
[8:07] really really repetitive afterwards and
[8:10] speaking of breast sizes we got my
[8:13] number two cliche and I think you all
[8:16] know what it is by me referring to
[8:19] breast sizes and that is of course Sund
[8:24] days almost every romance anime that I
[8:28] have seen has had a Sund day in it I I
[8:31] can't even right at this moment I can't
[8:33] even think of a romance anime that I
[8:35] have seen that doesn't have a suay
[8:38] character and even if they didn't one
[8:41] character will display Sunday like
[8:44] characteristics or has a sun day like
[8:47] personality but might not be considered
[8:49] a full suer day but they are just
[8:52] prevalent especially in romantic comedy
[8:55] animes and to name all of the sun days
[8:58] that I know I mean will be be here
[9:00] forever forever there are just too many
[9:03] to name not only that I hate that in
[9:07] most romantic comedy animes and
[9:09] sometimes even in most romance animes
[9:11] the main character ends up with the
[9:13] sunnd day I mean almost like seven times
[9:16] out of 10 he will end up with the soon
[9:18] today character of the anime and I'm
[9:20] like why there's that girl and that girl
[9:24] she's more interesting than her why
[9:26] would you go with the suer day such a
[9:28] cop out that in itself is a cliche hell
[9:31] you can make a whole another top 10 list
[9:34] on cliches with soon today characters
[9:36] that's how cliché sunnd days are in
[9:39] Romance animes but I bet a lot of you
[9:41] are shocked not to see sunnd days at the
[9:44] number one spot and that's because there
[9:46] is another cliche in Romance animes that
[9:50] not only are just really annoying but I
[9:52] [ __ ] hate them these are the worst
[9:55] cliches to have in a romance animes I
[9:57] cannot stand this cliche and that is
[10:02] melodramatic
[10:05] endings every romance anime except for
[10:08] one there was one that didn't have it it
[10:11] was all my goddess it actually ended on
[10:13] a really comedic note and I loved it it
[10:15] bucked the trend because almost every
[10:17] romance anime at that point and from
[10:20] beyond that point too always ended on a
[10:23] melodramatic note like something just
[10:26] over the top happens or characters
[10:28] become really sad and I hate it when
[10:31] it's like romantic comedy animes that
[10:33] have been relatively funny and enjoyable
[10:35] and Lively automatically just turn
[10:38] really dark and somber and sad it really
[10:41] kills the mood of the anime you're like
[10:44] man I was having so much fun then that
[10:48] happened I don't really want to watch
[10:50] this anymore it is the only cliche on
[10:53] this list that I absolutely cannot stand
[10:56] I want it gone I don't want to see it
[10:58] any anymore in Romance animes especially
[11:01] my romantic comedies keep that [ __ ] out
[11:04] of the romantic comedies and on a much
[11:07] lighter note why does it have to end in
[11:10] such a melodramatic
[11:12] fashion that was a tiate if ever there
[11:15] was one and that's why melodramatic
[11:18] endings are the number one cliches in
[11:22] Romance animes and that ladies and
[11:25] gentlemen was my list of the top 10
[11:27] cliches in Romance anime and I would
[11:30] like to know what you guys thought about
[11:31] my list did you agree with it did you
[11:33] disagree with it did you feel like I
[11:34] left any cliches out cuz I'm pretty sure
[11:37] that I did and let me know what is a
[11:40] cliche that you see a lot in romance
[11:42] anime that you just cannot stand anymore
[11:45] and you want it to just go away forever
[11:47] comment below and let me know and
[11:50] romance month guys is off to a great
[11:53] start I'm so excited I cannot wait for
[11:55] you guys to see all the great videos
[11:57] that'll be coming your way and as always
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